Past events

We invite teachers from the K-12 classroom to join us this summer for the Landscapes in history workshop. Teacher participants in this four-day institute will use an environmental lens to explore ways to effectively integrate environmental literacy and primary sources into their history social science curriculum.
Using resources from the Library of Congress and the California Education and the Environment Initiative, teacher participants will develop ways for students to investigate connections between natural resources, geography, and climate to societies past and present.

Join us this summer to explore “Worlds of Exchange,” a summer seminar for teachers and other educators who work with grades 6, 7, and 10. Participants will consider how those in the past exchanged GOODS, IDEAS, and TECHNOLOGIES. Using the History Social-Science Framework as our anchor, the seminar will consider primary and secondary sources across time and space.

Teaching History Conference hosted at UCLA invites proposals that engage the question: What can culturally relevant and inclusive teaching look like in history social studies classrooms across the K-16 continuum?

The Yolo County Office of Education has partnered with the History Project at This is the first of three follow-up sessions for the CLIC Project, designed to create a community of practice (CoP) to support HSS Instruction.

Join us as we explore some of the most common challenges in teaching History-Social Science. Each session will tackle a specific classroom struggle and use a content example to explore possible solutions. Workshop 6 Topic: Redefining Assessments (The World in 1750)

Join us as we explore some of the most common challenges in teaching History-Social Science. Each session will tackle a specific classroom struggle and use a content example to explore possible solutions. Workshop 5 Topic: Integrating Multiple Perspectives (The FAIR Act)

The Yolo County Office of Education has partnered with the History Project at This is the first of three follow-up sessions for the CLIC Project, designed to create a community of practice (CoP) to support HSS Instruction.

"The 2019 conference, Integrating Technology and Tradition, will continue CCSS's traditional devotion to providing quality professional development focused on new scholarship, research-based strategies, and networking -- all designed to improve the teaching and learning of history/social studies across the state."